Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
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Brigitte Bardot
Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
Alain Delon
William Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson")
Jane Fonda
Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")
Terence Stamp
Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
Peter Fonda
Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein")
James Robertson Justice
Countess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein")
Salvo Randone
Priest (segment "Toby Dammit")
Françoise Prévost
Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein")
Katia Christine
Girl on Dissection Table
Philippe Lemaire
Philippe
Serge Marquand
Hugues
John Karlsen
Schoolmaster (segment "William Wilson") (uncredited)
Maria Tedeschi
Woman (uncredited)
Milena Vukotić
TV Interviewer (segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited)
Umberto D'Orsi
Hans (segment "William Wilson")
Federico Fellini
Director, Screenplay
Louis Malle
Director, Screenplay
Roger Vadim
Director, Screenplay
Clement Biddle Wood
Screenplay
Bernardino Zapponi
Screenplay
Pascal Cousin
Screenplay
Alberto Grimaldi
Producer
Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Claude Renoir
Director of Photography
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Jean Prodromidès
Original Music Composer
Diego Masson
Original Music Composer
Franco Arcalli
Editor
Hélène Plemiannikov
Editor
